Starting a New Life by Beating Yi Zhonghai and Emptying the Siheyuan

Bound by a sinister contract, the soul of a thousand-year-old ghost cultivator possesses Silly Zhu, vowing to ruin the courtyard's beasts and make them wish they were dead.

In his previous life, Silly Zhu gave the family everything, only to raise a nest of ungrateful wolves who drained him dry. In the end, his family was destroyed and he died with regrets. He gave up reincarnation for a chance at revenge.

In this life, the thousand-year-old ghost cultivator Zhang Xuanhu will collect the debt on behalf of the original owner.

They refuse to lend him grain? He declares on the spot that they'll have nothing more to do with each other, and from now on each will go their own way. He won't show them the slightest kindness.

Yi Zhonghai leads the others in pressuring him to chip in and lend them his house? He turns on them and fights back, punching Yi Zhonghai so hard he is disfigured and spits blood, teaching him what it means to be utterly unreasonable.

The whole courtyard joins forces to scheme against him? Overnight, he clears out all their valuables, taking their gold, banknotes, antiques, and paintings, so these selfish fools can learn what it's like to have nothing.

On the surface, he scavenges for rubbish and muddles through life. In secret, he cultivates his powers and plans every step carefully.

The Deaf Granny's protector? Yi Zhonghai's schemes? Qin Huairu's tears? And they dare try to outwit a ghost cultivator? Who's really playing whom?

In the face of absolute power, it's all a joke.